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Zeng Dian
Zeng Dian (; born 546 BC), courtesy name Zixi (), also known as Zeng Xi (), was one of the earliest disciples of Confucius. He is known for a passage in the ''Analects'' in which he expressed his ambition as no more than being content with daily life. He was the father of Zeng Shen, or Master Zeng, one of the most prominent disciples of Confucius.
==Life==
Zeng Dian was born in 546 BC, only five years younger than Confucius. He was a native of South Wu City in the State of Lu.
The ''Analects'' (11.26) records a famous conversation between Confucius, Zeng Dian, and three other disciples of the Master—Zilu, Ran You, and Zihua. Confucius asked his students to express their ambitions. Zilu said he wanted to govern a troubled state and turn it around, Ran You wanted to rule a territory and make it prosperous, while Zihua merely wished to be a competent official. When Confucius asked Zeng Dian, Zeng unhurriedly finished playing his zither, and said he wanted something different:
Unexpectedly, Confucius endorsed Zeng Dian's wish, rather than the moral and political ambitions of his other disciples. According to the interpretation of the influential philosophers Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi, this passage signifies Confucius' view that the mind of a real sage is at ease and not always worrying about the moral boundary, and is capable of enjoying an artistic way of life and celebrating the creations of Heaven.
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